A.C.D. Rivett, 1931-1934

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Correspondence between Tallents and A.C.D. Rivett, Chief Executive Officer of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 1931-1933. Subjects include reconstruction of Empire Marketing Board, Empire agricultural economic surveys, E.M.B. publicity in Australia, reductions in expenditure by Board, British and Australian politics, F.L. McDougall, entomological research in Australia, work of C.S.I.R., economic conditions in Australia, inter-Imperial machinery, M. MacDonald, A.E.V. Richardson, P. Cunliffe-Lister, comparison of E.M.B. Research stations with C.S.I.R. divisions, E.M.B. films and publications, criticisms of R.J. Tillyard, Tallents' impressions of 1933 Imperial Economic Conference at Ottowa. There are some letters of F.L. McDougall enclosing letters from Rivett. There is also a typescript by Rivett, 'Applied science in Empire development: mutual aid by teamwork, an opportunity for the Ottawa Conference', 7 March 1932, and his article 'The Empire Marketing Board; a tribute, a lament and a hope', Australian Rhodes Review (March 1934), pp. 9-19.

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